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Yellowstone spawned twin super-eruptions that altered global climate
Castle geyser eruption Yellowstone.
Credit: © bennymarty / Fotolia
A new geological record of the Yellowstone supervolcano's last catastrophic eruption is rewriting the story of what...
Worldwide change in shallow reef ecosystems predicted as waters warm
Coral reef.
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A new study based on the first global survey of marine life by scuba divers has provided fresh insights...
The oceans were colder than we thought
The current period of climate change may be unparalleled over the last 100 million years, say researchers.
Credit: © Alekss / Fotolia
According to the methodology...
Astronomers discover sunscreen snow falling on hot exoplanet
This illustration shows the seething hot planet Kepler-13Ab that circles very close to its host star, Kepler-13A. In the background is the star's binary...
Bacteria have a sense of touch
Sense of touch: Swimming bacteria can sense surfaces with the flagellum.
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum
Although bacteria have no sensory organs in the classical sense,...
Learning from mussels: New way to make stronger, more stretchy polymers
Mussels on a rock.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of California - Santa Barbara
A wide range of polymer-based materials, from tire rubber and wetsuit neoprene...
Scientists detect comets outside our solar system
An artist’s conception of a view from within the Exocomet system KIC 3542116.
Credit: Danielle Futselaar
Scientists from MIT and other institutions, working closely with amateur...
Scientists begin bold conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction
A floating sea pen is anchored off the coast of San Felipe, Mexico where vaquitas will temporarily be held.
Credit: Kerry Coughlin/National Marine Mammal Foundation
An...
Climate change threatens to worsen U.S. ozone pollution
Los Angeles (stock image). Visible pollutants can react with sunlight to create invisible ozone pollution, which frequently reaches unhealthy levels in major cities like...
How future volcanic eruptions will impact Earth’s ozone layer
Volcanic eruptions could result in ozone depletion until 2070 or beyond, despite declining concentrations of human-made CFCs.
Credit: © malexeum / Fotolia
The next major volcanic...
Ozone layer above North Pole expected to recover by end of century
Strong ozone depletion in the cold polar vortex above the Arctic on 2 April 2011. Many of the processes that cause ozone depletion in...
